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FirstBitcoin ATM in Kosovo. The machine is operated by the Albvision Group, the publication reported, adding that it has been placed in the center of Pristina, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. This two-way Bitcoin ATM is the BATM Two model which has “the best price/performance ratio on the ATM market,” claims its producer GeneralBytes. Only bitcoin will be available initially, but the company plans to add 10 other cryptocurrencies in the future, the publication detailed, adding that approximately 500 of these machines have been installed worldwide.

published:23 Jul 2017

views:2102

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join a wider world from which they are often excluded from with borders and visas.
STORYLINE:
For 19-year-old law student Drina Kacandolli there is no need to have cash for a coffee with her friend.
She has her mobile phone and Bitcoin to pay with.
At this coffee shop in Pristina, the owner gives her a short introduction before she tries out the technology for herself.
Kacandolli puts a 50 euro (60 US dollars) banknote into the Bitcoin ATM which is then transferred to her digital wallet.
The conversion price is based on demand and supply in the global market and today 1 Bitcoin at the ATM is 2,228.94 EUR (2,598.74 US dollars).
Moments later, with a swipe of her mobile phone, Kacandolli pays for her coffee.
Virtual currencies, a form of unregulated digital money not issued or guaranteed by the central banks, are enjoying increasing popularity.
"I'm investing in Bitcoin crypto currency because I have a feeling that in the near future it will grow as the technology (does) and I want to have a positive return and be able to do lots of shopping online."
Coffee shop owner Milot Mehmeti noticed this growing demand.
"We saw a big demand in the youngsters and those who where mining crypto currencies and we saw a big demand to be in touch with each other and we decided to open Satoshi Coffee shop in order to gather this new community and maybe create this new community."
"As many of them were mining and they had crypto currencies but they had no cash with them and in this place in Satoshi Coffee shop they can come here and pay with Bitcoins with one click."
With paper money, a government decides when to print and distribute money. With Bitcoin, miners use special software to solve math problems and are issued a certain number of bitcoins in exchange. This provides an incentive for more people to mine.
The weak economy and hard living standards in poor countries like Kosovo, where opening a new business is not easy, add to the interest in the new Bitcoin market.
Kosovo is the first in the region with an ATM for virtual currencies, according to local IT company Albvision who installed some of the machines across the capital.
And, like everywhere else in the world, there has been a big boom in Kosovo in the last six months.
"People have a lot of money sitting. There is a lot of money in banks and since people don't know where to invest and when there are many risks involved in businesses, then they see this as a great opportunity," says Ermal Sadiku, an economic analyst.
There is no legal instrument regulating the use of the virtual money, according to the Central Bank of Kosovo.
The Bank has warned the population that "the use of the virtual money... may result in financial losses".
A Bitcoin is bought at blockchain platforms using conventional currency.
The investor can use the money in their digital wallet to later spend Bitcoins to anyone willing to convert them, or sell to other investors.
There is no middle man in such transactions.
People from the still small community who understand virtual currencies believe there is a bright future for them.
However, it does not come without it's more practical obstacles.
Kastriot Kolgeci is a crypto currency miner working in Pristina.
Bitcoin mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady.
It's called 'mining' because it resembles the mining of other commodities which requires exertion and takes time, like when gold is mined from the ground.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/94631e5cb3df9986b071fc8232ab3ca3
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

published:27 Sep 2017

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A wintery cold snap covered the streets of Pristina with a layer of snow and ice on Monday, allowing locals to hit the slopes without having to hit the Alps.
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Pristina

Pristina, also spelled Prishtina (Albanian:Prishtinë, IPA:[pɾiʃtinə]; Serbian:Приштина / Priština; Turkish:Priştine), is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and district.

Preliminary results of the 2011 census put the population of Pristina at 198,000. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities. It is the administrative, educational, and cultural center of Kosovo. The city is home to the University of Pristina and is served by Pristina International Airport.

Name

The name of the city is derived from a Slavic form *Prišьčь, a possessive adjective from the personal name *Prišьkъ, (preserved in the Kajkavian surname Prišek, in the Old Polish personal name Parzyszek, and in the Polish surname Pryszczyk) and the derivational suffix -ina 'belonging to X and his kin'. The name is most likely a patronymic of the personal name *Prišь, preserved as a surname in SorbianPriš, and Polish Przybysz - a hypocoristic of the Slavic personal name Pribyslavъ. A false etymology connects the name Priština with the Serbian word prišt (пришт), meaning 'ulcer' or 'tumour', referring to its 'boiling'. However, this explanation cannot be correct, as Slavic place names ending in -ina corresponding either or both to an adjective or the name of an inhabitant lacking this suffix are built from personal names or denote a person and never derive, in these conditions, from common nouns (SNOJ 2007: loc. cit.). The inhabitants of this city call themselves Prishtinali in local Gheg Albanian or Prištevci (Приштевци) in the local Serbian dialect.

Bitcoins are created as a reward for payment processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payments into a public ledger. This activity is called mining and miners are rewarded with transaction fees and newly created bitcoins. Besides being obtained by mining, bitcoins can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services. Users can send and receive bitcoins for an optional transaction fee.

The network timestamps transactions by including them in blocks that link to form a chain called the block chain. Such blocks cannot be changed without redoing the work that created each block down the chain from the modified block. The chain serves as proof of the sequence of events and that this sequence was verified by a majority of the bitcoin network's computing power. As long as a majority of computing power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they will outpace attackers. This provides a means of providing security not found in other protocols.

Bitcoin ATM

A bitcoin ATM is an electronic telecommunications device (an ATM) that allows a person to exchange bitcoins and cash without the need for a human to facilitate the transaction. Some Bitcoin ATMs offer bi-directional functionality; these machines enable both the purchase of Bitcoin as well as the redemption of Bitcoin for cash. In some cases, Bitcoin ATM providers require users to have an existing account in order to transact on the ATM.

History

On October 29, 2013, a Robocoin ATM opened in the Waves coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Canada. This machine is understood to be the world's first publicly available bitcoin ATM.

As of 2015 there are more than 400 bitcoin ATMs globally, mostly in North America.

Regulation

There are very few laws in the world that specifically reference bitcoin or cryptocurrency, but in many countries, BTC transmission via bitcoin ATMs are regulated under existing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws.

FirstBitcoin ATM in Kosovo. The machine is operated by the Albvision Group, the publication reported, adding that it has been placed in the center of Pristina, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. This two-way Bitcoin ATM is the BATM Two model which has “the best price/performance ratio on the ATM market,” claims its producer GeneralBytes. Only bitcoin will be available initially, but the company plans to add 10 other cryptocurrencies in the future, the publication detailed, adding that approximately 500 of these machines have been installed worldwide.

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Young people cashing in on virtual currencies

Young people cashing in on virtual currencies

Young people cashing in on virtual currencies

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join a wider world from which they are often excluded from with borders and visas.
STORYLINE:
For 19-year-old law student Drina Kacandolli there is no need to have cash for a coffee with her friend.
She has her mobile phone and Bitcoin to pay with.
At this coffee shop in Pristina, the owner gives her a short introduction before she tries out the technology for herself.
Kacandolli puts a 50 euro (60 US dollars) banknote into the Bitcoin ATM which is then transferred to her digital wallet.
The conversion price is based on demand and supply in the global market and today 1 Bitcoin at the ATM is 2,228.94 EUR (2,598.74 US dollars).
Moments later, with a swipe of her mobile phone, Kacandolli pays for her coffee.
Virtual currencies, a form of unregulated digital money not issued or guaranteed by the central banks, are enjoying increasing popularity.
"I'm investing in Bitcoin crypto currency because I have a feeling that in the near future it will grow as the technology (does) and I want to have a positive return and be able to do lots of shopping online."
Coffee shop owner Milot Mehmeti noticed this growing demand.
"We saw a big demand in the youngsters and those who where mining crypto currencies and we saw a big demand to be in touch with each other and we decided to open Satoshi Coffee shop in order to gather this new community and maybe create this new community."
"As many of them were mining and they had crypto currencies but they had no cash with them and in this place in Satoshi Coffee shop they can come here and pay with Bitcoins with one click."
With paper money, a government decides when to print and distribute money. With Bitcoin, miners use special software to solve math problems and are issued a certain number of bitcoins in exchange. This provides an incentive for more people to mine.
The weak economy and hard living standards in poor countries like Kosovo, where opening a new business is not easy, add to the interest in the new Bitcoin market.
Kosovo is the first in the region with an ATM for virtual currencies, according to local IT company Albvision who installed some of the machines across the capital.
And, like everywhere else in the world, there has been a big boom in Kosovo in the last six months.
"People have a lot of money sitting. There is a lot of money in banks and since people don't know where to invest and when there are many risks involved in businesses, then they see this as a great opportunity," says Ermal Sadiku, an economic analyst.
There is no legal instrument regulating the use of the virtual money, according to the Central Bank of Kosovo.
The Bank has warned the population that "the use of the virtual money... may result in financial losses".
A Bitcoin is bought at blockchain platforms using conventional currency.
The investor can use the money in their digital wallet to later spend Bitcoins to anyone willing to convert them, or sell to other investors.
There is no middle man in such transactions.
People from the still small community who understand virtual currencies believe there is a bright future for them.
However, it does not come without it's more practical obstacles.
Kastriot Kolgeci is a crypto currency miner working in Pristina.
Bitcoin mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady.
It's called 'mining' because it resembles the mining of other commodities which requires exertion and takes time, like when gold is mined from the ground.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/94631e5cb3df9986b071fc8232ab3ca3
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Me Bitcoin paguhet edhe në Prishtinë - 24.07.2017 - Klan Kosova

Me Bitcoin paguhet edhe në Prishtinë - 24.07.2017 - Klan Kosova

Me Bitcoin paguhet edhe në Prishtinë - 24.07.2017 - Klan Kosova

1:04

Street skiing: Pristina residents catch snow wave

Street skiing: Pristina residents catch snow wave

Street skiing: Pristina residents catch snow wave

A wintery cold snap covered the streets of Pristina with a layer of snow and ice on Monday, allowing locals to hit the slopes without having to hit the Alps.
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Digitalna misao - Bitcoin i Blockchain - Emisija 2

The Rig: How Kosovars are mining cryptocurrencies

Mining, trading, and developing peer-to-peer digital currencies, Kosovo techies are building a ripe environment for the country to experience the next technological boom.
Read the whole story on PrishtinaInsight: http://prishtinainsight.com/gold-rush-kosovo…ncy-rat-race-mag/.

FirstBitcoin ATM in Kosovo. The machine is operated by the Albvision Group, the publication reported, adding that it has been placed in the center of Pristina, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. This two-way Bitcoin ATM is the BATM Two model which has “the best price/performance ratio on the ATM market,” claims its producer GeneralBytes. Only bitcoin will be available initially, but the company plans to add 10 other cryptocurrencies in the future, the publication detailed, adding that approximately 500 of these machines have been installed worldwide.

published: 23 Jul 2017

Young people cashing in on virtual currencies

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join a wider world from which they are often excluded from with borders and visas.
STORYLINE:
For 19-year-old law student Drina Kacandolli there is no need to have cash for a coffee with her friend.
She has her mobile phone and Bitcoin to pay with.
At this coffee shop in Pristina, the owner gives her a short introduction before she tries out the technology for herself.
Kacandolli puts a 50 euro (60 US dollars) banknote into the Bitcoin ATM which is then transferred to her digital wallet.
The conversion price is based on demand and supply in the global market and today 1 Bitcoin at the ATM is 2,228.94 EUR (2,598.74 US dollars).
...

published: 27 Sep 2017

Me Bitcoin paguhet edhe në Prishtinë - 24.07.2017 - Klan Kosova

published: 24 Jul 2017

Street skiing: Pristina residents catch snow wave

A wintery cold snap covered the streets of Pristina with a layer of snow and ice on Monday, allowing locals to hit the slopes without having to hit the Alps.
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Digitalna misao - Bitcoin i Blockchain - Emisija 2

The Rig: How Kosovars are mining cryptocurrencies

Mining, trading, and developing peer-to-peer digital currencies, Kosovo techies are building a ripe environment for the country to experience the next technological boom.
Read the whole story on PrishtinaInsight: http://prishtinainsight.com/gold-rush-kosovo…ncy-rat-race-mag/.

FirstBitcoin ATM in Kosovo. The machine is operated by the Albvision Group, the publication reported, adding that it has been placed in the center of Pristina, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. This two-way Bitcoin ATM is the BATM Two model which has “the best price/performance ratio on the ATM market,” claims its producer GeneralBytes. Only bitcoin will be available initially, but the company plans to add 10 other cryptocurrencies in the future, the publication detailed, adding that approximately 500 of these machines have been installed worldwide.

FirstBitcoin ATM in Kosovo. The machine is operated by the Albvision Group, the publication reported, adding that it has been placed in the center of Pristina, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. This two-way Bitcoin ATM is the BATM Two model which has “the best price/performance ratio on the ATM market,” claims its producer GeneralBytes. Only bitcoin will be available initially, but the company plans to add 10 other cryptocurrencies in the future, the publication detailed, adding that approximately 500 of these machines have been installed worldwide.

Young people cashing in on virtual currencies

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join...

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join a wider world from which they are often excluded from with borders and visas.
STORYLINE:
For 19-year-old law student Drina Kacandolli there is no need to have cash for a coffee with her friend.
She has her mobile phone and Bitcoin to pay with.
At this coffee shop in Pristina, the owner gives her a short introduction before she tries out the technology for herself.
Kacandolli puts a 50 euro (60 US dollars) banknote into the Bitcoin ATM which is then transferred to her digital wallet.
The conversion price is based on demand and supply in the global market and today 1 Bitcoin at the ATM is 2,228.94 EUR (2,598.74 US dollars).
Moments later, with a swipe of her mobile phone, Kacandolli pays for her coffee.
Virtual currencies, a form of unregulated digital money not issued or guaranteed by the central banks, are enjoying increasing popularity.
"I'm investing in Bitcoin crypto currency because I have a feeling that in the near future it will grow as the technology (does) and I want to have a positive return and be able to do lots of shopping online."
Coffee shop owner Milot Mehmeti noticed this growing demand.
"We saw a big demand in the youngsters and those who where mining crypto currencies and we saw a big demand to be in touch with each other and we decided to open Satoshi Coffee shop in order to gather this new community and maybe create this new community."
"As many of them were mining and they had crypto currencies but they had no cash with them and in this place in Satoshi Coffee shop they can come here and pay with Bitcoins with one click."
With paper money, a government decides when to print and distribute money. With Bitcoin, miners use special software to solve math problems and are issued a certain number of bitcoins in exchange. This provides an incentive for more people to mine.
The weak economy and hard living standards in poor countries like Kosovo, where opening a new business is not easy, add to the interest in the new Bitcoin market.
Kosovo is the first in the region with an ATM for virtual currencies, according to local IT company Albvision who installed some of the machines across the capital.
And, like everywhere else in the world, there has been a big boom in Kosovo in the last six months.
"People have a lot of money sitting. There is a lot of money in banks and since people don't know where to invest and when there are many risks involved in businesses, then they see this as a great opportunity," says Ermal Sadiku, an economic analyst.
There is no legal instrument regulating the use of the virtual money, according to the Central Bank of Kosovo.
The Bank has warned the population that "the use of the virtual money... may result in financial losses".
A Bitcoin is bought at blockchain platforms using conventional currency.
The investor can use the money in their digital wallet to later spend Bitcoins to anyone willing to convert them, or sell to other investors.
There is no middle man in such transactions.
People from the still small community who understand virtual currencies believe there is a bright future for them.
However, it does not come without it's more practical obstacles.
Kastriot Kolgeci is a crypto currency miner working in Pristina.
Bitcoin mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady.
It's called 'mining' because it resembles the mining of other commodities which requires exertion and takes time, like when gold is mined from the ground.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/94631e5cb3df9986b071fc8232ab3ca3
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join a wider world from which they are often excluded from with borders and visas.
STORYLINE:
For 19-year-old law student Drina Kacandolli there is no need to have cash for a coffee with her friend.
She has her mobile phone and Bitcoin to pay with.
At this coffee shop in Pristina, the owner gives her a short introduction before she tries out the technology for herself.
Kacandolli puts a 50 euro (60 US dollars) banknote into the Bitcoin ATM which is then transferred to her digital wallet.
The conversion price is based on demand and supply in the global market and today 1 Bitcoin at the ATM is 2,228.94 EUR (2,598.74 US dollars).
Moments later, with a swipe of her mobile phone, Kacandolli pays for her coffee.
Virtual currencies, a form of unregulated digital money not issued or guaranteed by the central banks, are enjoying increasing popularity.
"I'm investing in Bitcoin crypto currency because I have a feeling that in the near future it will grow as the technology (does) and I want to have a positive return and be able to do lots of shopping online."
Coffee shop owner Milot Mehmeti noticed this growing demand.
"We saw a big demand in the youngsters and those who where mining crypto currencies and we saw a big demand to be in touch with each other and we decided to open Satoshi Coffee shop in order to gather this new community and maybe create this new community."
"As many of them were mining and they had crypto currencies but they had no cash with them and in this place in Satoshi Coffee shop they can come here and pay with Bitcoins with one click."
With paper money, a government decides when to print and distribute money. With Bitcoin, miners use special software to solve math problems and are issued a certain number of bitcoins in exchange. This provides an incentive for more people to mine.
The weak economy and hard living standards in poor countries like Kosovo, where opening a new business is not easy, add to the interest in the new Bitcoin market.
Kosovo is the first in the region with an ATM for virtual currencies, according to local IT company Albvision who installed some of the machines across the capital.
And, like everywhere else in the world, there has been a big boom in Kosovo in the last six months.
"People have a lot of money sitting. There is a lot of money in banks and since people don't know where to invest and when there are many risks involved in businesses, then they see this as a great opportunity," says Ermal Sadiku, an economic analyst.
There is no legal instrument regulating the use of the virtual money, according to the Central Bank of Kosovo.
The Bank has warned the population that "the use of the virtual money... may result in financial losses".
A Bitcoin is bought at blockchain platforms using conventional currency.
The investor can use the money in their digital wallet to later spend Bitcoins to anyone willing to convert them, or sell to other investors.
There is no middle man in such transactions.
People from the still small community who understand virtual currencies believe there is a bright future for them.
However, it does not come without it's more practical obstacles.
Kastriot Kolgeci is a crypto currency miner working in Pristina.
Bitcoin mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady.
It's called 'mining' because it resembles the mining of other commodities which requires exertion and takes time, like when gold is mined from the ground.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/94631e5cb3df9986b071fc8232ab3ca3
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

Street skiing: Pristina residents catch snow wave

A wintery cold snap covered the streets of Pristina with a layer of snow and ice on Monday, allowing locals to hit the slopes without having to hit the Alps.
C...

A wintery cold snap covered the streets of Pristina with a layer of snow and ice on Monday, allowing locals to hit the slopes without having to hit the Alps.
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The Rig: How Kosovars are mining cryptocurrencies

Mining, trading, and developing peer-to-peer digital currencies, Kosovo techies are building a ripe environment for the country to experience the next technolog...

Mining, trading, and developing peer-to-peer digital currencies, Kosovo techies are building a ripe environment for the country to experience the next technological boom.
Read the whole story on PrishtinaInsight: http://prishtinainsight.com/gold-rush-kosovo…ncy-rat-race-mag/.

Mining, trading, and developing peer-to-peer digital currencies, Kosovo techies are building a ripe environment for the country to experience the next technological boom.
Read the whole story on PrishtinaInsight: http://prishtinainsight.com/gold-rush-kosovo…ncy-rat-race-mag/.

FirstBitcoin ATM in Kosovo. The machine is operated by the Albvision Group, the publication reported, adding that it has been placed in the center of Pristina, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. This two-way Bitcoin ATM is the BATM Two model which has “the best price/performance ratio on the ATM market,” claims its producer GeneralBytes. Only bitcoin will be available initially, but the company plans to add 10 other cryptocurrencies in the future, the publication detailed, adding that approximately 500 of these machines have been installed worldwide.

Young people cashing in on virtual currencies

(22 Sep 2017) LEADIN:
Savvy young people in one of Europe's most isolated countries are embracing crypto currencies.
The technology serves as a ticket to join a wider world from which they are often excluded from with borders and visas.
STORYLINE:
For 19-year-old law student Drina Kacandolli there is no need to have cash for a coffee with her friend.
She has her mobile phone and Bitcoin to pay with.
At this coffee shop in Pristina, the owner gives her a short introduction before she tries out the technology for herself.
Kacandolli puts a 50 euro (60 US dollars) banknote into the Bitcoin ATM which is then transferred to her digital wallet.
The conversion price is based on demand and supply in the global market and today 1 Bitcoin at the ATM is 2,228.94 EUR (2,598.74 US dollars).
Moments later, with a swipe of her mobile phone, Kacandolli pays for her coffee.
Virtual currencies, a form of unregulated digital money not issued or guaranteed by the central banks, are enjoying increasing popularity.
"I'm investing in Bitcoin crypto currency because I have a feeling that in the near future it will grow as the technology (does) and I want to have a positive return and be able to do lots of shopping online."
Coffee shop owner Milot Mehmeti noticed this growing demand.
"We saw a big demand in the youngsters and those who where mining crypto currencies and we saw a big demand to be in touch with each other and we decided to open Satoshi Coffee shop in order to gather this new community and maybe create this new community."
"As many of them were mining and they had crypto currencies but they had no cash with them and in this place in Satoshi Coffee shop they can come here and pay with Bitcoins with one click."
With paper money, a government decides when to print and distribute money. With Bitcoin, miners use special software to solve math problems and are issued a certain number of bitcoins in exchange. This provides an incentive for more people to mine.
The weak economy and hard living standards in poor countries like Kosovo, where opening a new business is not easy, add to the interest in the new Bitcoin market.
Kosovo is the first in the region with an ATM for virtual currencies, according to local IT company Albvision who installed some of the machines across the capital.
And, like everywhere else in the world, there has been a big boom in Kosovo in the last six months.
"People have a lot of money sitting. There is a lot of money in banks and since people don't know where to invest and when there are many risks involved in businesses, then they see this as a great opportunity," says Ermal Sadiku, an economic analyst.
There is no legal instrument regulating the use of the virtual money, according to the Central Bank of Kosovo.
The Bank has warned the population that "the use of the virtual money... may result in financial losses".
A Bitcoin is bought at blockchain platforms using conventional currency.
The investor can use the money in their digital wallet to later spend Bitcoins to anyone willing to convert them, or sell to other investors.
There is no middle man in such transactions.
People from the still small community who understand virtual currencies believe there is a bright future for them.
However, it does not come without it's more practical obstacles.
Kastriot Kolgeci is a crypto currency miner working in Pristina.
Bitcoin mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady.
It's called 'mining' because it resembles the mining of other commodities which requires exertion and takes time, like when gold is mined from the ground.
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Street skiing: Pristina residents catch snow wave

A wintery cold snap covered the streets of Pristina with a layer of snow and ice on Monday, allowing locals to hit the slopes without having to hit the Alps.
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The Rig: How Kosovars are mining cryptocurrencies

Mining, trading, and developing peer-to-peer digital currencies, Kosovo techies are building a ripe environment for the country to experience the next technological boom.
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Pristina

Pristina, also spelled Prishtina (Albanian:Prishtinë, IPA:[pɾiʃtinə]; Serbian:Приштина / Priština; Turkish:Priştine), is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and district.

Preliminary results of the 2011 census put the population of Pristina at 198,000. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities. It is the administrative, educational, and cultural center of Kosovo. The city is home to the University of Pristina and is served by Pristina International Airport.

Name

The name of the city is derived from a Slavic form *Prišьčь, a possessive adjective from the personal name *Prišьkъ, (preserved in the Kajkavian surname Prišek, in the Old Polish personal name Parzyszek, and in the Polish surname Pryszczyk) and the derivational suffix -ina 'belonging to X and his kin'. The name is most likely a patronymic of the personal name *Prišь, preserved as a surname in SorbianPriš, and Polish Przybysz - a hypocoristic of the Slavic personal name Pribyslavъ. A false etymology connects the name Priština with the Serbian word prišt (пришт), meaning 'ulcer' or 'tumour', referring to its 'boiling'. However, this explanation cannot be correct, as Slavic place names ending in -ina corresponding either or both to an adjective or the name of an inhabitant lacking this suffix are built from personal names or denote a person and never derive, in these conditions, from common nouns (SNOJ 2007: loc. cit.). The inhabitants of this city call themselves Prishtinali in local Gheg Albanian or Prištevci (Приштевци) in the local Serbian dialect.